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#EADFF5

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #EADFF5

With the hex code #EADFF5, this is a very light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 87% green and 96% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lavender — a ΔE of 4.3 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EAF5DF, a beige shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red234
Green223
Blue245

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 4.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #EADFF5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADFF5.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADFF5.
16.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADFF5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADFF5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCE3F6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE3F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9E2E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADFF5?

With the hex code #EADFF5, this is a very light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 87% green and 96% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #EADFF5?

Use black text. Black on #EADFF5 has a contrast ratio of 16.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADFF5?

Its complementary colour is #EAF5DF, and analogous partners are #DFDFF5 and #F5DFF5.